Field Specialist

Conservation Corps MN/IA; Minnesota; On-site; USD 20,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Conservation Corps MN/IA is seeking an AmeriCorps Field Specialist to deliver training, education, coordination, and leadership to AmeriCorps Members and other participants. You will support personal and program success through teamwork and service-learning and coordinate with land management partners.

Responsibilities include providing guidance to members, implementing natural resources projects such as invasive species management, stream restoration, prescribed burning, trail work, tree

Responsibilities

• Provide training, education, coordination, and leadership to AmeriCorps Members and other participants.
• Help fellow AmeriCorps members achieve personal and program success through the principles of teamwork and service-learning.
• Be responsive to instructions and feedback from Field Coordinator, Program Staff, and project hosts from land management agencies (e.g., DNR, USFWS, NPS, SWCDs, cities, counties).
• Support and training to members and participants, and support a variety of natural resources projects.
• Projects include invasive species management, stream bank stabilization/erosion control, prescribed burning, trail construction & maintenance, tree planting, basic carpentry, raingarden maintenance, and emergency response.

Job description

Position Summary: The AmeriCorps Field Specialist provides training, education, coordination, and leadership to AmeriCorps Members and other participants.

The Field Specialist will help fellow AmeriCorps members achieve personal and program success through the principles of teamwork and service-learning.

Specialists must be responsive to instructions and feedback delivered by the Field Coordinator, Program Staff, and project hosts from land management agencies such as the DNR, USFWS, NPS, SWCDs, cities and counties.

In addition to providing support and training to members and participants, Field Specialists help support a variety of natural resources projects.

Natural resources projects vary but may include:

• Invasive species management
• Stream bank stabilization, erosion control
• Prescribed burning
• Trail construction & maintenance
• Tree planting
• Basic carpentry
• Raingarden maintenance
• Emergency response

Projects are in partnership with public land management agencies such...